Texas Toys and GamesFrancis Edward Abernethy University of North Texas Press, 1997 - 253 páginas You won't find molded plastic, mass-produced items in this Texas Folklore Society Publication. These are folk toys, made from natural or available materials, whatever is handy or can be scrounged. The folks who make them are amateurs of varying degrees, from the ten-year-old hammering together a skate scooter or box kite to the doting grandparent sewing doll clothes or whittling paired giraffes for a Noah's Ark. Texas Toys and Games combines both how-to descriptions and reminiscences. Folk games encompass guessing, gambling, and counting games; physically competitive games of chase, tag, and mock combat; skill games using sticks, stones, marbles, tops, and knives; variations of baseball, basketball, and football; and rhythmic clapping, rope-jumping, and dance-like games. This book is as much fun as Christmas morning--and not a single battery required! |
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... walks and driveways , and sailing off curbs were an exciting sight . I have no doubt that our modern skateboard was invented when the 1x4 finally fell off one of these scooters and the maker was too aggra- vated to nail it back . The ...
... walks and driveways , and sailing off curbs were an exciting sight . I have no doubt that our modern skateboard was invented when the 1x4 finally fell off one of these scooters and the maker was too aggra- vated to nail it back . The ...
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... walking up to the line , and he looked in the grandstand down the hill and could see Betty Walker and his parents and his girl cousin from Tyler , who was prissy and one year older than he . Betty's eyes looked into his own and then she ...
... walking up to the line , and he looked in the grandstand down the hill and could see Betty Walker and his parents and his girl cousin from Tyler , who was prissy and one year older than he . Betty's eyes looked into his own and then she ...
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... walk into any public school classroom , from junior high to se- nior , I could get an equal number of paper gliders , if not more . Given a little lead time one could assemble a fleet of these cre- ative and enduring toys . Billie ...
... walk into any public school classroom , from junior high to se- nior , I could get an equal number of paper gliders , if not more . Given a little lead time one could assemble a fleet of these cre- ative and enduring toys . Billie ...
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... walking . Big Boy stopped the car and George started carefully play- ing out line . This giant of a kite , which could have lifted a very small boy had one been available , slowly rose , maybe a hundred feet more , but then would go no ...
... walking . Big Boy stopped the car and George started carefully play- ing out line . This giant of a kite , which could have lifted a very small boy had one been available , slowly rose , maybe a hundred feet more , but then would go no ...
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... walk along the bank , not paddle , and swim- ming across the canal usually kept you as dry as canoeing . Canoes were as useful for travel as a rubber gun was for rabbit hunting . I don't even recall anyone trying to fish from one of ...
... walk along the bank , not paddle , and swim- ming across the canal usually kept you as dry as canoeing . Canoes were as useful for travel as a rubber gun was for rabbit hunting . I don't even recall anyone trying to fish from one of ...
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Weapons | 45 |
DOLLS | 60 |
Toy Box | 78 |
Tops and Knives | 162 |
Rhythm Games | 173 |
PlayParty Games and Songs | 190 |
Essays on Toys and Games | 215 |
Folk Toys in Texas | 217 |
Toys on the Frontier | 220 |
Folk of Texas Children | 224 |
Childrens Games and Socialization in the Texas Hill Country | 229 |
Playhouses Clubhouses and Tree Houses | 90 |
Folk Games | 101 |
Guessing and Gambling | 103 |
Chasing and Capturing | 115 |
Sticks and Stones | 136 |
Marbles | 150 |
Games and Recreation | 236 |
Bibliography | 241 |
Index of Contributors | 245 |
Index of Toys and Games | 249 |
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Pasajes populares
Página 104 - Pease porridge hot, Pease porridge cold, Pease porridge in the pot Nine days old. Some like it hot, Some like it cold, Some like it in the pot Nine days old.
Página 105 - Three geese in a flock ; One flew east, one flew west, One flew over the cuckoo's nest.
Página 131 - London bridge is falling down, Falling down, falling down. London bridge is falling down, My fair lady!
Página 186 - And a Haw! Haw! Haw! How many lickin's did he get? One, two, three, four, five, . . . A number of these counting rhymes are based on the love theme, as: Cinderella, dressed in yellow, Went upstairs to kiss her fellow. How many kisses did she get? One, two, three, four, five, . . . Another version of the Cinderella rhyme is: Cinderella, dressed in yellow, Went down town to buy an umbrella.
Página 129 - Blanca esta cubierta con pilares de oro y plata romperemos un pilar para ver a Doña Blanca. Quién es ese jicotillo que anda en pos de doña Blanca?
Página 104 - One potato, two potato, three potato, four; Five potato, six potato, seven potato, more.
Página 176 - He bought me ice cream He bought me cake He brought me home with a belly ache Mama mama I'm so sick call the doctor quick quick quick Doctor doctor will I die...